"Give me the luxuries, and I will do without the necessities"
.........Frank Lloyd Wright

WE OPEN AUG 1 ! see below for details

CLOSED UNTIL AUGUST - We open aug 1 - please
see our blog bhhummer.blogspot.com for
detailed opening dates and times. Please do not visit outside the times posted
at bhhummer.blogspot.com, except by
private arrangement. All visitors must read and abide by the instructions posted
at this website (see Instructions) and must ensure that anyone they tell about
us also reads these instructions.

All visits are at your OWN RISK - we do not
carry insurance, there are no amenities and all paths are steep and uneven. Do
not enter private or unmown areas. Keep your children under observation at all
times.

We suggest wearing sensible shoes (NOT flipflops); please take the Woodland Path (see Directions)
unless you have difficulty walking. Please park well into the parking area!
NEVER block the road! And park so as to maximize access by others to other
parking spots - parking is limited, and at weekends we request you only stay 30
minutes when parking is near-full, or when you see lots of new arrivals. Also,
please do not visit at the weekend if you have already visited this year.

WE ARE ALWAYS CLOSED 12.30 -3. Please make sure you have double checked our posted open dates/times before visiting!

ABSOLUTELY
NO PARKING OUTSIDE THE DESIGNATED PARKING AREA; if the lot is full
please return later.

Welcome to these pages describing a unique private hummingbird sanctuary on
the north shore of Long Island. The site also gives information about
hummingbirds, and ways of attracting them, with particular relevance to Long
Island. All photos were taken at the Sanctuary and are by Paul Adams
unless otherwise acknowledged. We thank all the photographers who have supplied
images. You are encouraged to submit pictures you take at the sanctuary - good
ones will be posted here, or at the blog.

YOU ENTER AT YOUR OWN
RISK - please read the
Directions page carefully before visiting

Please note we are ALWAYS CLOSED FROM 12.30 -3 pm.

All visitors,
including visitors you bring, must read the following statement:

ALL VISITORS COME AT THEIR OWN RISK;
UNEVEN, STEEP PATH, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES ETC. THIS IS A NATURE SANCTUARY! If
you hesitate, please do not do it!

The open dates and times are listed
at bhhummer.blogspot.com. Please note that no
tripods are allowed at public open times (photography or other groups should
make a private arrangement). Please carpool if possible, and try to avoid
weekends. During very busy times, we may put up the "BHHS Parking Full" sign at
the entrance to Terry Farm Road on Sound Ave - please do not proceed further,
and come back another time. If when you arrive the parking lot is almost full,
or if you see many new visitors arriving, please squeeze in but limit your visit
to 30 minutes maximum. IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES PARK OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED
PARKING AREA, OR BLOCK ROADWAYS/DRIVEWAYS. If you are bringing elderly
visitors who cannot walk far, please contact us for special arrangements. Please
follow all the requests and directions at the
Directions page. Thanks.

ALL VISITORS
MUST GO TO THE "DIRECTIONS" PAGE FOR FURTHER
DETAILS - if you have not been before PLEASE read
these directions, and remember we are always closed from 12.30 -3; no tripods please
except as noted!